Ghost firearms for Halloween!

A friend of mine did a request for the info in his file:

-4 guns he never owned were registered to him, 2 prohibited.

-1 he sold was still registered to him 3 years after selling it.

-1 gun he did own had no record of registration, despite the fact he had the registration certificate in his hand.

A few years back I received a notice of transfer for an SKS rifle which I have never owned. The following week I received a certificate for an SKS that I never bought. I mailed all the paperwork back stating I personaly boycott communist POS firearms and would appreciate they update my file accordingly!

I've also received certificates for Colt Single Action Armys I wished I did have LOL and to this day get pestered about a Model 69 Winchester 22 rifle I supposedly purchased at an auction.

Colt 41 says: Same here. Found at least two guns registered to me I never bought.

Fabrique Nationale does not make guns, claims CFC!

I just bought a Spanish Mauser short rifle from another member here. Mauswer 1893, refurbed into a 1916 civil guard rifle. Funny, but when i completed the transfer, the girl on the phone said "Ok, so it's a 98k?" No...it's not....
mwjones 10/2010

I've seen it first hand. A friend tried to register a 270 winchester. He gave them the S/N off the receiver and was told "that must be wrong, we already have that S/N on file for another rifle". He now has..or had the gold sticker with the "new" S/N.
wolfen 10960

Now, I have an example of why the registry is a joke.

I recently purchased a FN (Fabrique Nationale) SxS Shotgun through an add in the local Buy and Sell. The firearm was already registered and once we agreed on a price a transfer had to be made(The next morning of course, it was a Wednesday evening!).

He called to make the transfer and had problems right away. He told them the make of the rifle and the Firearms Officer told him straight out that Fabrique Nationale was not a Firearms manufacturer and he had better tell them what type of gun it really was or it would not be transferred!

Keep in mind this firearm was already registered!!
After 10 more minutes of arguing with the officer they finally said "Ohhh, it is an FN make then right? We have that manufacturer on our list" On their list?? So if it's not on their list you can't register it I guess....even if it is already registered?

Then they asked for a model number. There was no model number on the firearm and the existing registry card did not have model number either. I am not sure what they decided on for a model number but finally a transfer was made after some more arguing over the phone.

All this for a 12 Gauge SxS shotgun with 30" barrels! Hardly a threat to anyone in my opinion.

Thanks Firearms Registry for making our taxpayers dollars feel like they are well spent.

10 years later gun disappears from registry

So, little background here before I start. About 10 years ago I bought a rifle from a gunsmith in my hometown, a few weeks later I get the registration certificate. Nothing out of the ordinary for the next 10 years until now. Today I called the CFC because I was selling said gun, and there’s the bomb, apparently the said gun does not exist, even after I gave the nice lady the certificate number and gun serial number. And the best part is, apparently that sort of thing happens often. anybody here surprised at that??
-- gaudzy

Gun registry missing data

The registry is full of every error possible. Just last week one of my co-workers reported a change of address, and found that only two of his five registered guns are in the database. He has accurate registration cards for all five, but only two are still in the system. All are guns purchased new in the last four years. Just another example of our tax dollars hard at work.

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Bought a shot gun a few years back, it was registered at the time (from a licensed dealer).

Swapped it back to him two years later (for a more expensive one!). He phoned me to double check it was registered because there was no record of it in the system. I faxed him the cert. which he in turn gave all the info to CFC. They could not ever find a trace

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I've seen dealers trying to transfer a gun they have in their hand that the CFC says doesn't exist so they won't help, and they wonder why guns disappear out of the system !?!?!?!